Aug 2023 – Nov 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Driving global talent acquisition across India, the US, UK, and Europe, with a strong focus on scalable, strategic hiring aligned to business goals. To date, delivered 1,595+ hires with an 82% joining ratio, playing a key role in supporting organizational growth and continuity.
• In FY’25 alone, led 916 hires, including a record 291 in a single quarter, and successfully closed 162+ leadership roles across diverse business units. Achieved 97.9% direct sourcing, reducing vendor reliance to 2.1% and delivering over ₹42 million in cost savings on lateral hiring.
• Currently leading a 36-member high-performing TA team, focusing on strategic execution, team mentorship, and performance enhancement through structured incentive programs. Built and expanded vendor partnerships (30+ in India, 15+ across the UK & US) to ensure agility and reach.
• Spearheading improvements in recruitment operations through MIS optimization, process governance, and compliance, while hiring for a wide range of technologies including Design Verification, DFT, RTL, Physical Design, Analog, Embedded Systems, ATE, AI/ML, Python Fullstack, and Java Fullstack.

Jul 2022 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Wipro Limited is a leading technology services and consulting company focused on building innovative solutions that address clients’ most complex digital transformation needs.
• Lead VLSI & System Design Lateral Talent Acquisition for Wipro, India.

Feb 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 5 mos · Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India · Hybrid

• HCL Technologies is a next-generation global technology company that helps enterprises reimagine their businesses for the digital age.
• HCL Vijayawada focuses on high-end technologies including engineering research and development, application development and product & platforms business.
• As Recruitment Head, I lead lateral talent acquisition for HCL Technologies, Vijayawada Centre (LOB: Engineering & R & D; Digital & Infrastructure).
• Lead talent acquisition strategies to achieve business objectives while ensuring a high-quality experience for candidates and business partners.
• Lead, inspire, and mentor a team of 22 recruitment experts.
• Doubled Vijayawada lateral strength within a year, Filled 640 lateral positions in FY '22 with 100% of hires through direct source, with the majority in Mode 2 Technologies.

Aug 2020 – Feb 2021 · 6 mos

• HR Business Partner for Centum Adeneo India,
• Plan and deploy people strategy aligned with group strategy.
• Responsible for end to end delivery of all HR Life-cycle programs /Organization Effectiveness initiatives.
• Develop & design comprehensive HR solutions that sustain key business requirement and align with the organizations short term and long term goals.
• Support Department Leads in forecasting and planning their talent pipeline requirements in line with the function / business strategy.
• Create and lead change management strategies for key organizational interventions.

Jun 2019 – Aug 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos

• As a recruitment Head, Manage Talent Acquisition for Centum Group, India (Strategic Electronics Business Unit, EMS & Centum Adeneo).
• Partner with key stakeholders in India & France (Vice President, President, Centre Head, & Business Heads) and develop recruitment strategy for specialist functions.
• Doubled Centum Adeneo Strength within a year.
• Lead, Motivate and Mentor team of 6 members and managing 3 Business (IT, R & D & Mfg).
• Driving Employer Branding & Social Media Recruitment – Increased Glassdoor rating for Centum Group from 3.2 to 3.8.
• Successfully ramped up high end technology talents (Semiconductor, Embedded & Engineering) for Centum Adeneo India within short span of time with 80% of hires through direct source.
• Implemented and driving ATS & Recruitment Process, Candidate Experience Strategy.
• Hired high-end Technology & R&D requirements (Embedded Software, Hardware Design, FPGA, Digital Design, RF, Power Electronics & Test Bench) and Manufacturing Operations Requirement.
• Collaborated with India & Europe Hiring Managers.
• Driving Application Tracking System and created a database of 60,000 plus resumes.
• Supported with Market Intelligence for Super Niche Skills and provided best solutions for all the talent challenges.

Jan 2019 – Jun 2019 · 5 mos

• Managed Hiring for , Flex Chennai Industrial Park (New Project & Ramp Up), Flex Global Services and Solutions and NEXTracker.
• Planning, organizing and executing recruitment strategies and best practice to recruit the best talent in Industry to fulfill Offshore resource demand.

May 2016 – Dec 2018 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• Managed Leadership Hiring for Flex, India (Global Business Services, Flex Global Services and Solutions, Flex Chennai Industrial Park and NEXTracker).
• Planned, organized and executed recruitment strategies and best practice to recruit the best talent in Industry to fulfill Offshore resource demand.
• Hired, Lead and Mentored team of 8 members and managed multiple locations (Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad).
• Average Source Mix last 3 years: 38 % Employee Referral, 44% Direct Source, 15 % LinkedIn, 6% Vendor
• Diversity Hiring Initiatives at Flex, India. Successfully able to fill around 37 % of gender diversity at Leadership level in FY18 for GBS India.
• Global Exposure & International Visits:
• Represented Flex, TA India in a Kaizen Workshop on Standardization of Global Talent Acquisition process held at San Jose, California, US, Mar 2018.
• Represented Flex India TA COE team in ASIA Talent Acquisition Leadership Meeting held at Shenzhen, China, Jul 2017.

Aug 2015 – Apr 2016 · 8 mos · Greater Chennai Area · On-site

• Closely worked with CEO, MD and VP of the organization.
• Responsible for Leadership Hiring and supported Employee Engagement activities.
• Filled Vice President and senior level positions at Prasad.
• Skills Hired: Storage, Networking, Dot.Net, Operations Head, VP Business Development, VFX, Digital Restoration Operations, Project Manager, Finance, Lead Generation.

Dec 2014 – Jul 2015 · 7 mos · Greater Chennai Area · On-site

• Responsible for end to end recruitment for Product Engineering Service.
• Streamlined the recruitment process.
• Lead and mentored team of 5 members.
• Done mapping of organization in Protocol Development and targeted specific organizations.
• Managed various stakeholders and worked collaboratively with Business Leaders.
• Hired Niche Skill (MPLS, SDN, Embedded, J2ME, NMS and L2/L3 Protocol Development & Testing) and Leadership hiring.

Feb 2014 – Nov 2014 · 9 mos · Trivandrum, India · On-site

• Responsible for end to end recruitment for Product Development, IT Services requirements at IBS Software Services.
• Lead and mentored team of 3 members.
• Forecasting and Creating quarterly hiring plans to Ramp-up high quality and big numbers
• Successfully hired around 150 IT resource within short span of time for IT Product Development Ramp up.
• Conducted Successful Walk-In Interviews at Trivandrum, Cochin, Bangalore and Chennai.
• Provided Functional Inputs and Implemented ATS at IBS Software Services.
• Hired niche skills and high end requirements (Core Java, C#, jQuery, Big Data Architect, Adobe CQ5, Service Delivery Manager, Product Analyst, Java Architect, UI Developer, Travel Domain Business Consultants / Analyst, Business Intelligence Architect, Groovy on Grails)

Apr 2010 – Feb 2014 · 3 yrs 10 mos · Greater Chennai Area

• Responsible for end to end recruitment for Engineering and R & D Services in HCL Technologies.
• Hired 250 Niche Skill for Engineering and R & D division in 2011 and rewarded with outstanding rating in appraisal.
• Successfully fulfilled multiple ramp ups for ERS Division at HCL and single-handedly organized and managed Walk in Interviews across India (Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Pune, Noida, Cochin, Trivandrum, Coimbatore).
• Average Source Mix (42 % Employee Referral, 45 % Direct Source & 13 % Vendor).
• Hired niche skills VLSI (FPGA, ASIC, SoC Verification, Physical design, System Verilog (OVM, UVM, VMM Methodology), Post Silicon Functional Validation), High Speed Design, Board Design (Analog, Digital, Mixed Signal, Signal Integrity), Power supply Design, PCB Layout Design, Core Java, J2EE, J2ME, C, C++, Embedded Systems, Firmware Development, Linux, CUDA Development and PLM.

Jul 2008 – Apr 2010 · 1 yr 9 mos · Greater Chennai Area · On-site

• Reported to Chief Technology Officer.
• Responsible for Talent Acquisition, Resource Management & Training and actively supported Employee Engagement Activities.
• 53% of the positions were filled through Employee Referral
• Able to Attract talent from Tire one companies like Amazon, HCL, Cognizant, Wipro, Infosys, HP, Accenture.
• Skills hired: Embedded, C++, C, Linux, Unix, Core Java, J2EE, Dot.Net (C#, ASP, VB), SAP Technical & Functional Consultant, JLPT L3/L2 Certified Translators, Technical Support, Pre-Sales, Project Manager, Oracle DBA, PL/SQL.
• Ontime fulfilment and had excellent rapport with Business Leaders in India & Japan

Feb 2007 – Jun 2008 · 1 yr 4 mos · Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India · On-site

• Responsible for end to end Recruitment for Standard Chartered Bank – India
• Supported Bank IT & Operations Recruitment PAN India.
• Preparing and releasing Dashboard for SCB India recruitment on weekly basis.
• Vendor Management - Liaising with consultants to fulfill requirements and to empanel new consultants and renewal of existing consultant’s agreement.
• Skills Hired: Data warehousing, Oracle, SQL, Testing, Retail Banking, Investment Banking, Operations.

Jun 2004 – Feb 2007 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Greater Chennai Area · On-site

• Lead and mentored team of 3 team members.
• Headhunted (Cold calling & Tapping Passive Job Seekers) key talents from target companies across India.
• Built strong relationship with Hiring Managers, Business Heads and Recruitment Managers.
• Prepared Market Intelligence for clients.
• Largest contributor of the Year.
• Received Best Resource Manager Award for 5 consecutive Months.
• Clients handled: KLA Tencor, Aditi Technologies, Microsoft, I-Soft, HP, HCL, eFunds, Wipro, CTS
• Updating and maintaining Applicant Database in Recruitment Software (PRANAV)